People's fascination for religion and superstition will disappear within a few decades as television and the internet make it easier to get information, and scientists get closer to discovering a final theory of everything, leading thinkers argue today.

People's fascination for religion and superstition will disappear within a few decades as television and the internet make it easier to get information, and scientists get closer to discovering a final theory of everything, leading thinkers argue today.

People's fascination for religion and superstition will disappear within a few decades as television and the internet make it easier to get information, and scientists get closer to discovering a final theory of everything, leading thinkers argue today.

Hmm, 20 years ago in my village the church used to have a congregation of about 50. Then it reached 120 and we had to build a new church. Now it has reached 300 and we need to..... build a new church. We've got doctors, lawyers, teachers, professors, scientists, engineers, producers, and a tv anchor woman, all sorts believing in Jesus.

Not at all....
religion is on the upswing in a Big way
I agree there will be an intelligencia that will questionthings more as time goes on but remmeber that there's a Major disparity in the distribution of wealth in this world
I think something like half of the world's population doesn't have runing water
religion thrives on the oppressed ... it's where it breeds it's viral load of we are the chosen people and the rest of the world are infidel masses

These effects are mostly regional. In Europe, for example, religion is down in a big way. A few centuries ago, France was the bulwark for Catholicism on the continent. Now, something like 1/3 of French people are atheists. Insane. In other parts of the world, like Latin America, religious organizations are doing fairly well. Generally, however, religious institutions have lost the sway they once held over humanity. That's undeniable. There used to be a time when a Pope could call crusades. But no one paid attention to John Paul II when he opposed the invasion of Iraq. Things have changed in that respect, mostly for the good.